keccers
@keccers.eth
“We plan our weddings and babies and careers and investments and retirement. But when it comes to our death, the capstone of our life, we shrug and leave it to fate. Which might be where it belongs, I argue silently. I did not bring myself into being. Maybe it is that simple: if we did not ask to be here, we cannot ask to leave.” https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/my-friend-chooses-how-and-when-to-die/
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Andrew
@music2work2
What a fabulous essay - thank you for sharing. While my dad died of a stroke on the golf course in his mid seventies - he knew it was coming. He had a meticulously prepared "Death File" in his study with everything - account numbers, passwords, certificates, even the music he would like played at his funeral. It made the "management" of his death so much easier and inspired me to create my own file. It is odd that we don't talk about death and as a result make the end and aftermath messier than it perhaps could be. The biggest takeaway from this article for me was the love - the love from the author - from Ann's family and friends - just - what a lovely human being and what a lovely way to live a life. :-)
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keccers
@keccers.eth
♥️ I really agree with the creation of a “red file” or a death file. The more planning you can do the better , whether it’s documents or tough conversations to make sure all of your loved ones are on the same page. It sucks, but it sucks more to be incapacitated and trying to do all that at the very end At one point I had a website that made red file creation easy if I find it again will link
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